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1st. Website. raleighcounty .org. Raleigh County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 74,591. [1] Its county seat is Beckley. [2] The county was founded in 1850 and is named for Sir Walter Raleigh. [3] Raleigh County is included in the Beckley, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area .
Randolph County is the largest by area at 1,040 square miles (2,694 km 2 ), and Hancock County is the smallest at 83 square miles (215 km 2 ). [8] Kanawha County contributed land to the founding of 12 West Virginia counties [12] and has the largest population (174,805 in 2023). Wirt County has the smallest population (5,000 in 2023). [13]
At-large district. West Virginia's at-large congressional district existed between 1913 and 1917, during a period when the state failed to enact a redistricting plan that allowed for a new sixth district. Such a plan was adopted for the 1916 elections, making the at-large seat obsolete.
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Description. 1. Beckley Courthouse Square Historic District. Beckley Courthouse Square Historic District. More images. August 31, 1994. ( #94000722) Roughly bounded by Prince, Kanawha, Church, Lebanon, Howe, McCreery and Earwood Sts. and Alaska and First Aves. 37°46′36″N 81°11′16″W.
For most of the state's history, there were three hundred and fifty magisterial districts in West Virginia, an average of six districts per county. Greenbrier, Harrison, Mason, Ohio, and Wood Counties each contained ten districts, the maximum number provided for by state law. Brooke, Grant, and Hancock were the only counties with the minimum ...
Landforms of Raleigh County, West Virginia (1 C, 2 P) P. Populated places in Raleigh County, West Virginia (4 C, 2 P)
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